RECENT PORTUGUESE PUBLICATIONS BULLETIN
39
November
2003
PART
III:
Genealogy,
Heraldry
6.
ABBECASSIS, José Maria. Genealogia
hebraica: Portugal e Gibraltar, sécs. XVII a
XX. 5 vols. Lisbon:
the Author, 1990-1991. Lge. thick 8°, original printed
wrappers. ISBN: none. 5
vols. $425.00
Each
of the first 4 volumes contains approximately 750 pages of
text; there are, in addition, well over 100 color
illustrations and many illustrations in black and white.
The work has a foreword by Sir Joshua Hassan, former Prime
Minister of Gibraltar, and a preface by Prof. Salomão
Sequerra Amram. It is buttressed by an array of extensive
notes, documents, indexes, and a bibliography. Volume V
consists of an index.
7.
BRITO, Manuel da Costa Juzarte de. Livro
genealógico das famílias desta cidade de
Portalegre. Annotated,
corrected, and updated by Nuno Borrego and Gonçalo de Mello
Guimarães. Lisbon: (INAPA), 2002. Folio (33 x 23.1 cm.),
orig. illus. wrps. 957 pp. One of 1,000 copies. ISBN:
972-797-005-2. $125.00
Critical
edition of this important, previously unpublished
manuscript, dated 1740. The original is in the Biblioteca
Nacional, Lisboa (Cod. 8056).
8.
MOURA BESSA, Alvaro Magro. Genealogia
das famílias Almeida Beça, Moura, Fraga Lamares, Pereira
Magro, Ennor, Santos, outras: suas uniões e
descendência. Porto :
Civilização, 2003. Folio (31.9 x 21.7 cm.), publ. illus.
bds. xi pp., (2 ll.), 271 pp., illus. One of 500 copies.
ISBN: 972-26-2137-8. $60.00
9.
PERREIRA BORREGO, Nuno Gonçalo. Cartas de
Brasão de Armas colectânea. Preface by
Manuel Artur Norton. Lisbon: Guarda-Mór, 2003. Folio (29.8
x 21.1 cm.), orig. illus. wrps. 530 pp., illus. ISBN:
972-98868-1-4. $80.00
Important
reference work.
10.
RODRIGUES, Rodrigo (1873-1956). Genealogias
das ilhas de S. Miguel e Santa Maria.
Revised by Hugo
Moreira. Vol. I (all published to date). Ponta Delgada:
Sociedade Afonso Chaves / Associação de Estudos Açorianos,
1998. Sm. folio (27.5 x 20 cm.), publ. buckram with d.j.
xxxviii, 668 pp., (1 l.). One of 1,000 copies. ISBN:
972-97774-3-8. Vol. I (all
published to date). $85.00